The endowment will support the university’s Natural Areas, 1,000 acres of the main campus and 23 miles of hiking trails.

The endowment has been established by Joe and the late Cathi Maynard, the latest in a long line of philanthropy from the Maynards directed at Austin Peay State University.

The new scholarships are the Keswani Foundation Charger Basketball Scholarship Endowment and the Mitchell Earwood Emergency Services Scholarship.

The partnership will benefit the university’s public radio station, WCSB, as well as students studying journalism, television and radio production, marketing, and graphic design.

The Foundation’s gift will establish the Celia Scott Weatherhead Leadership Institute within the Weatherhead School of Management. 

The new Corporate and Education partnership between the university and OhioGuidestone will provide the organization’s employees with a tuition discount to further their education with Bluffton University.

The university’s new President’s Horizon Award will help make a college education more affordable and accessible for new first-year or transfer students.

Bowling Green State University is the only university in the country to offer a bachelor degree program in resort and attraction management. Universal Orlando employees can now use their tuition assistance employee benefit to enroll in the program.

Northwest State Community College has become the ninth partner in Tiffin University’s DragonNext program, which gives students from select community colleges the ability to transfer into the university seamlessly.

The endowed chair was established via a $6.7 million estate gift from Hildegard Karlin in memory of her husband, a University of Akron School of Law alumnus and former faculty member.